CS615-Software Project Management

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1. These all are design phase activities except

o Output Design
o Input Design
o The software test plan PG # 16
o Software Selection

2. Which along with CMM (capability maturity model) helps in creating effective software process model for any
organization?

o Water-fall model PG # 67
o Spiral- model
o Project managers
o PMM- people maturity model

3. Which of the following is not desirable to become a successful project manager?

o Unidentified goals
o Management
o Leadership
o Communication
4. The fourth, and current, phase of software solution began in the early

o 1990s. PG # 59
o 1980s
o 1970s
o 1960s

5. Which one is the traditional software life cycle model?

o The Prototyping Model

o The - incremental Model
o The Waterfall model PG # 67
o The Spiral model

6. includes consideration such as the post-implementation support activities provided to the

customer.

o Training plan creation

o User acceptance plan
o Implementation plan creation
o Support plan creation PG # 80

7. A software project that meets all the stated objectives is a success of

o Project quality
o Project fundamental purpose
o Project management myth PG # 81
o Project requirement

8. We can classify the problems that affect software projects into categories

o Three
o Four PG # 85
o Five
o Six
9. Tools and techniques of the source selection process include all of the following except

o Contract negotiation
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o Independent estimates
o Screening system

10. The model serves as a foundation for software

o Testing
o Design PG # 95
o Specifications
o Maintenance

11. Controlling Versions is activity of

o Construction
o Design
o SCM PG # 110
o Testing

12. only one is the output of Initiating Process

o Assumptions PG # 134
o Strategic Plan
o Selection Criteria
o Historical Information

13. are the methods or processes required in total , or in some combination, to achieve the goals

o Strategies PG # 135
o Goals
o Tasks
o Objective
14. Synchronization control helps to ensure that parallel changes performed by two different people
do .

o Overwrite one another PG # 114

o May overwrite one another
o Some time overwrite one another
o Not over write one another

15. Which of the following is a project execution task?

o Scope planning
o Scope definition
o Cost estimation
o Information Distribution

16. Project Cost Management includes the processes one of them is

o Time estimate
o Total cost
o Resource planning PG # 21
o Minimum cost

17. Each process is described by .

o Inputs
o Tools & Techniques
o Outputs
o Inputs, Tools & Techniques and Outputs PG # 131

18. is responsible to plan, motivate, organize and control the people who do work on software.

o Customers
o Senior Managers
o Project Managers PG # 9
o Practitioners
 19. Large corporations realized the benefits of using computers in .

o 1970s
o 1960s
o 1950s PG # 59
o 1940s

20. Which of the following is a Technology related problem?

o Unstructured and hurried software development

o Research -oriented software development
o III defined scope
o Switching tools in mid way PG # 89

21. Identify the category of people who do actual work on software development.

o Customers
o Seniors managers PG # 149 and 76
o Project managers
o Practitioners

22. What limits the options of the project team?

o Technology
o Deliverables
o Constraints
o Assumptions

Constraints restrict the actions of the project team.

23. To manage costs for software projects, you need an accurate estimation of costs. To do that, there is a sequence
of steps that you need to perform, mark first step in sequence to perform.

o Estimate the cost of each activity

o Identify the resources required for the project PG # 72
o Set cost base lines for each activity
o Implement a control system for cost changes
24. The final activity for a project manager is

o Project closedown PG # 80
o Project implementation
o Project execution
o Project quality

25. In problem evaluation area of effort, once problems have been identified, the determines what
information is to be produced by the new system and what data will be provided to the system.

o Analyst PG # 94
o Designer
o Coder
o Manager

26. McCall (MCC77) and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on most
important aspects of a software product:

o Three PG # 120
o Four
o Five
o Six

1. Product operation
2. Product revision and
3. Product transition

27. identifying and documenting interactivity dependencies

o Activity Definition
o Activity Sequencing PG # 38
o Activity Duration Estimating
o Resource Planning
28. Dividing a software project into phases helps yon in managing the involved in the software project.

o Complexities
o Uncertainties
o Complexities, Uncertainties PG # 66
o Size

29. Low motivation is a____ related problem.

o Product
o People PG # 85
o Technology
o Processes

30. A Fuzzy user is a related problem.

o People
o Product PG # 89
o Process
o Technology

31. The process of ensuring that the project is running in the right direction is called .

o Planning
o Organizing
o Monitoring
o Controlling PG # 30

32. According to the 80/20 rule, 80 percent of the defects arise due to of the process issues.

o 60 percent
o 80 percent
o 20 percent PG # 12
o 100 percent
33. In understanding the organizations focusing symbols and meaning related to events. Culture is also important.
It is fall under .

o Structural frame
o Political frame
o Human resource frame
o Symbolic frame

34. Implementing software quality is often associated with the .

o Manager
o Software developer PG # 76
o Stakeholder
o Team lead

35. Software design is actually a multi-step process that focuses, on distinct attributes of a
program.

o Two
o Three
o Four PG # 107
o Five
36. Project management processes can be organized into groups?

o 3
o 4
o 5 PG # 131
o 9

37. of production volume usually comes from of the producers.

o 80%, 20% PG # 11

o 20%, 80%

o 40%, 60%

o 60%, 40%

38. Decisions also have a--------------------element to them-the “right” decision may not be the "best' decision if it
is made too early or too late.

o Cost
o Quality
o Time PG # 34
o None of the given

39. A good system allows you to access relevant information and make informed
decisions.

o Project management
o knowledge management PG # 70
o Organization management
o Software management
40. Defined scope is a

o Technology-related problems
o Product-related problems PG # 89
o Process-related problems
o People-related problems

41. During the period of , you will find that software that was produced was generally over budgeted,
under scheduled, and of poor quality.

o Software crisis PG # 61
o Software Development
o Tracking
o Quality Assurance

42. means that every project has a definite beginning and a definite end.

o Permanent
o Temporary PG # 3
o Unique
o Services

43. We can classify the problems that affect software projects into categories

o 3
o 4 PG # 85
o 5
o 6
44. includes the processes required to ensure that the project is completed within the approved
budget

o Project Time Management

o Project Quality Management
o Project Resource Management
o Project Cost Management PG # 21

45. ________________ managing the relationship with the seller.

o Source Selection
o None of the given
o Contract Closeout
o Contract Administration PG # 42

46. These all are Product Revision Factors except

o Usability PG # 121
o Maintainability
o Flexibility
o Testability

47. Thy quality of software is said to be high if it meets the

o Standards, defined for the product PG # 118

o Procedures, defined for the product
o Standards and procedures, defined for the product
o Design defined for product
 48. Which of the following might require re-baselining of the cost baseline?

o Corrective action
o Revised cost estimates
o Updates to the cost management plan
o Budget updates
Budget updates might require cost re-baselining.

49. Version control combines to manage different versions of configuration objects that are
created during software product development.

o Procedure
o Tools
o Procedure and Tools PG # 111
o None of given

50. ensures that appropriate steps to follow the product development procedures are earned out

o Quality Management
o Design
o Process monitoring PG # 123
o Quality control

51. Synchronization control helps to ensure that parallel changes performed by two different people
do .

o Not overwrite one another PG # 114

o Overwrite One another
o May overwrite one another
o None of given
52. Software design is actually a multi-step process that focuses on distinct attributes of a program

o 2
o 3
o 4 PG # 107
o 5

53. The US DOD (1988) defines software quality rather simply as

o The ability of a software product to satisfy its specified requirements PG # 118

o “An inherent or distinguishing characteristic or a property"
o “Quality is in the eye of the beholder, a matter, of the client's judgment.”
o All of the given

54. Reviews conducted at each of this phase/s

o Analysts
o Design
o Coding
o All of given PG # 124

55. insures that the standards laid down for a preset are followed.

o Quality assurance
o Quality control
o Product evaluation PG # 123
o Process control
56. These all are Product Operation Factors except

o Reliability
o Efficiency
o Testability PG # 120
o Integrity

57. Auditing is activity of

o Construction
o Design
o SCM PG # 109
o Testing

58. McCall (MCC77) and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on most important aspects
of a software product:

o Product operation
o Product revision and
o Product transition
o All of the given PG # 120

59. The British Standards Institution(1986) has stated the quality as

o The ability of a software product to satisfy its specified requirements

o "An inherent or distinguishing characteristic or a property"
o "Quality is in the eye of the beholder, a matter, of the client's judgment PG # 118
o All of the given
 60. is an umbrella activity that ensures conformance to standards and procedures throughout the
SDLC of a software product.

o SQA PG # 122
o Design
o Testing
o All of given

61. Configuration control tools include

o Automatic version control

o Change control tools
o Monitoring, auditing and registration support utilities
o All of given PG # 116

62. McCall (MCC77 )and his colleagues proposed some software quality factors based on most
important aspects of a software product:

o 4
o 3 PG # 120
o 6
o 5

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